North American Income Trust (NAIT) Competitors

Henderson European Focus Trust (LON:HEFT) and North American Income Trust (LON:NAIT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HEFT or NAIT?

44.1% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of North American Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Henderson European Focus Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of North American Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, HEFT or NAIT?

Henderson European Focus Trust has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Income Trust has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HEFT or NAIT more profitable?

Henderson European Focus Trust has a net margin of 87.92% compared to Henderson European Focus Trust's net margin of 26.37%. North American Income Trust's return on equity of 10.15% beat Henderson European Focus Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henderson European Focus Trust	87.92%	10.15%	6.16%
North American Income Trust	26.37%	0.49%	0.56%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEFT or NAIT?

North American Income Trust received 10 more outperform votes than Henderson European Focus Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.44% of users gave North American Income Trust an outperform vote while only 63.11% of users gave Henderson European Focus Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Henderson European Focus Trust	Outperform Votes 77 63.11%	Underperform Votes 45 36.89%
North American Income Trust	Outperform Votes 87 67.44%	Underperform Votes 42 32.56%

Which has better earnings & valuation, HEFT or NAIT?

Henderson European Focus Trust has higher revenue and earnings than North American Income Trust. Henderson European Focus Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Henderson European Focus Trust	£42.10M	9.13	£37.02M	£0.17	1,063.01
North American Income Trust	£8.48M	46.61	£2.24M	£0.02	14,388.95

Do analysts rate HEFT or NAIT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henderson European Focus Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
North American Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to HEFT or NAIT?

In the previous week, North American Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Henderson European Focus Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Henderson European Focus Trust	Neutral
North American Income Trust	Neutral

Is HEFT or NAIT a better dividend stock?

Henderson European Focus Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. North American Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Henderson European Focus Trust pays out 2,352.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. North American Income Trust pays out 55,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Henderson European Focus Trust beats North American Income Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.